RIVERSIDE, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club reached an agreement today with a developer to include massive rooftop solar, electric vehicle charging stations and other measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for a Coachella Valley warehouse project.

Under today’s agreement, the Majestic Thousand Palms warehouse will also feature battery storage and an all-electric fleet of cargo equipment, including yard trucks and forklifts.

“Adding just one warehouse can overwhelm a community with diesel exhaust, so I’m relieved that we’ve come up with a much better project for Thousand Palms,” said Frances Tinney, an attorney at the Center. “This agreement showcases the high standards that California warehouses should meet to be a good neighbor. It’s so important to weigh the environmental consequences before approving industrial development.”

The legal agreement is a result of a lawsuit filed by the environmental groups against Riverside County for approving the project in violation of the California Environmental Quality Act. The board of supervisors had approved the warehouse, which would bring more than 500 diesel truck trips a day to the area, without an adequate analysis of greenhouse gas pollution and other environmental factors.

“This project’s huge solar arrays will generate way more energy than the project needs — energy that could charge clean, quiet electric semi trucks or provide local backup power when the transmission grid goes down — meanwhile helping to avoid siting industrial solar farms on our public lands,” said Joan Taylor, chairperson of Sierra Club’s Calif./Nevada Desert Committee.

Today’s agreement also sets construction standards for the project, including a requirement for heavy-duty trucks to meet state air quality standards and a requirement to recycle or reuse at least 65% of construction and demolition waste. Truck idling limits and truck routes that avoid community streets are also part of the pact.

Under the agreement, the environmental groups agreed to dismiss their legal challenge and no longer oppose the project.